Swimming world record holder turned hitman

A SWIMMING world record holder who became a contract killer after blowing a fortune on a flamboyant lifestyle in Thailand is facing life in jail today.

Hitman Paul Cryne flew back to Britain to commit the “perfect murder” for a £30,000 (€36,000) fee to pay off his debts.

The 62-year-old, who still holds a Guinness underwater swimming record, was caught because of a crime he had committed more than three decades earlier.